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Tuesday, June 18, 2013

IN NEWS (June 10-16, 2013)

Gentle giants face threat from worms
K A Shaji, TNN Jun 16, 2013

Wild animals continue to die in train mishaps
Mazhar Ali, TNN Jun 16, 2013

Achievements of Manipur Forest Department during 2012-2013 
- Part 4 –

Kan and will keep forests alive
By Sunita Raghu
16th June 2013

Banyan fodder for Athagarh jumbos
TNN Jun 16, 2013

Eating frog legs could cause cancer, experts say
Humans the ‘greatest predator’ of frogs in Goa as killings drastically reduce numbers

Efforts turn ‘hunters’ into bird ‘saviours’
Indian scientist wins Green Oscar for mission to save endangered hornbills

Drought kills jumbos in Veerappan country
K A Shaji, TNN Jun 16, 2013

Indonesia smoke haze shrouds Malaysian cities
AFP Jun 16, 2013

Four bear cubs set free in the wild

Rocking hard for wildlife- POV tours India with GNR lead guitarist ‘Bumblefoot’

Odisha to seek more time for mining lease renewal process

60-year-old trampled to death by jumbo
Yashaswini SN, TNN Jun 15, 2013

Environment ministry wants to outsource clearance job
Nitin Sethi, TNN Jun 15, 2013

Red tape delays burial of tribal woman by 2 days
Lawrence Milton, TNN Jun 15, 2013

Tipaimukh Dam

Legal notice to government to enforce ban on animal dissections
Vijay Singh, TNN Jun 14, 2013

Why Dolphins Make Us Nervous

June 13, 2013
Low Carbon the Future of Indian Industry

Goa could have one-km buffer zone around forests

Kerala's forests getting too crowded
TNN Jun 14, 2013

'Tribals a part of forest ecology'
Subhro Niyogi, TNN Jun 14, 2013

Task Force formed to curb red sanders smuggling
TNN Jun 14, 2013

IL&FS Transportation Networks receives clearance from Ministry of Environment & Forest for commencement of work

Lack of will delays eviction of encroachers
PU Antony, June 13, 2013

India cutting down 250 football pitches of forest daily – report

Forest Officer Found in Possession of Elephant Tusks – Demand Action!

An eco warrior's forest gumption

Bumblefoot steps on to save the wild
Piyali Dasgupta, TNN Jun 13, 2013

India: One crore saplings to be given to farmers this year
JUNE 11, 2013
THE HINDU

What India’s Decision to Ban Dolphin Captivity Means
BY LAURA BRIDGEMAN – JUNE 12, 2013

Petroleum Ministry note on shale gas for wider consultations

India Sitting On Ecological Time Bomb: Loses 333 Acres of Forest Daily
By SiliconIndia  |   Thursday, 13 June 2013

Rawat seeks inclusion of forest dwellers in BPL list for Indira Avas Yojana

Poached peacock meat served in Mysore hotels
Lawrence Milton, TNN Jun 12, 2013

NAREDCO welcomes new guidelines for high rise buildings

Ranthambore tales and jungle stories
Richa Shukla, TNN Jun 13, 2013

Maharashtra, The New Wildlife Haven
Geetika Jain, Hindustan Times
New Delhi, June 11, 2013

Three Pardhis from Katni held in Nagpur for tiger poaching
P Naveen, TNN Jun 12, 2013

Bear too was killed in tiger trap in Melghat
Vijay Pinjarkar, TNN Jun 12, 2013

Published on Tuesday, 11 June 2013

EU, India’s SEWA share FAO award for tackling food price crisis, hunger
Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Tiger foundations' governing council meet on 18th
TNN Jun 12, 2013

60,000 sq km of Western Ghats to be green zone
June 12, 2013

Elephant found dead in Nagarahole, tusks missing
HM Aravind, TNN Jun 11, 2013

Snake venom worth Rs 1cr seized
TNN Jun 12, 2013

India losing 135 hectares forest daily: RTI
Rohith B R, TNN Jun 11, 2013

Road to eat into reserve forest in Hyderabad
Rahul Devulapalli, TNN Jun 11, 2013

Tiff between officials affecting forest department's work
Vijay Pinjarkar, TNN Jun 11, 2013

Forest nod hurdle in mining renewal
TNN Jun 11, 2013

Maharashtra govt sets targets to evaluate forest officials' performance
Vijay Pinjarkar, TNN Jun 11, 2013

25 tigers in Sathyamangalam forest
Jun 7, 2013

LAP Lambert Academic Publishing ( 2013-06-09 )

Pugmarks, scat indicate leopard presence in Bhimashankar
Swati Shinde Gole, TNN Jun 11, 2013

Indian investment raises environmental concerns in Myanmar
DPA

Five tigers killed in a month

India losing 135 hectares forest daily: RTI
Rohith B R, TNN Jun 11, 2013

Special: Hyderabad third greenest city in India
DC | Kruthi Gonwar | 11th Jun 2013

India to take carbon tax issue to UN panel
EU has threatened to fine Air India and Jet Airways (India) for not sharing their emission data

MoEF to approach UNFCC, ICAO to resolve EU Carbon Tax issue
By TBM Staff

MoEF rejects HPCL's Vizag refinery expansion plan

4400 hectare forest land still with encroachers
PTI Jun 10, 2013

3 arrested for transporting bullfrogs
TNN Jun 10, 2013

Intestines found at Ponda, frog poaching suspected
TNN Jun 10, 2013

Tiger found dead in Hingna range
Vijay Pinjarkar, TNN Jun 10, 2013

Poster exhibition on reduced green cover
TNN Jun 10, 2013

Two tiger poachers nabbed, confess to killing five tigers in Melghat
Vijay Pinjarkar, TNN Jun 10, 2013

‘Help make Kohima a plastic bag free city’

The 'heart of incredible India' becomes its wildlife hotspot
Dailybhaskar.com | Jun 10, 2013

Rajasthan launches last-ditch effort to save the Great Indian Bustard
Jun 10, 2013 

National Tiger Conservation Authority team on Mission Satkosia
Riyan Ramanath V, TNN Jun 10, 2013

Sunday, June 09, 2013

IN NEWS (June 2-9, 2013)

MoEF eyes SC-held fund for green mission
Anubhuti Vishnoi : New Delhi, Sun Jun 09 2013

Environment ministry not keen on Tipaimukh hydroelectric project
PTI | Jun 9, 2013

State forest cover shrinks as Gutti Koyas infiltrate
TNN | Jun 9, 2013

Flouting Laws: MoEF clears rejected projects

An eco warrior's forest gumption

Stopping of eviction from forest land demanded

Demolition of Soudha wall a closed chapter: Rai
TNN | Jun 8, 2013

Tainted forest officer gets plum posting into Indian Forest Service
Tanushree Roy Chowdhury, TNN Jun 8, 2013

Madhya Pradesh gets best wildlife destination award
TNN | Jun 9, 2013

Karnala bird sanctuary also a butterfly haven
Neha Madaan, TNN | Jun 9, 2013

Rain pushes up footfall at Dalma sanctuary
B Sridhar, TNN | Jun 9, 2013

Wildlife at Pune, India
INDIA | MONDAY, 3 JUNE 2013 

Infinite Journeys to widen portfolio of wildlife packages
By TBM Staff | Mumbai

Jairam voices firm support for Gadgil report
K. S. SUDHI

Saranda mining approval contradicts Jairam Ramesh's words
Jaideep Deogharia, TNN Jun 8, 2013


Colva sand dune restoration work under way
TNN Jun 8, 2013

Zoos continue to breed genetically flawed white tigers
Rohit P S, TNN Jun 8, 2013

With 103 tigers, Sunderbans beats official estimates
Krishnendu Mukherjee, TNN Jun 8, 2013

Lack of coordination hits 'Harit Rajasthan'
TNN Jun 8, 2013

Notices to WCL and CIL for not sharing bio-resources benefits

Posco boss meets Naveen as villagers file fresh PIL in high court
Sandeep Mishra & Binita Jaiswal, TNN Jun 8, 2013

Two Asiatic black bears rescued in Arunachal
TNN Jun 8, 2013

Forest department orders study to thwart MP bid for Gir lions
Jun 7, 2013

Sarus crane spotted in large numbers in state
TNN Jun 7, 2013

June 7, 2013, 10:00 AM
India Celebrates Rhino Baby

Navi Mumbai airport gets wildlife board clearance
The conditions for clearance include setting up a mangrove sanctuary, and paying for conservation efforts

Ministry of environment clears over 70 per cent of proposed projects this year; only 3 per cent rejected
Environmental and social considerations not taken into account

Sector 55-56 road project needs environment ministry clearance
HT Correspondent , Hindustan Times  Gurgaon, June 07, 2013

50 acres of mangroves destroyed in Mumbai
Linah Baliga, TNN Jun 7, 2013

Poacher held with gun in Thane forest
TNN Jun 7, 2013

25 tigers in Sathyamangalam forest
PTI Jun 7, 2013

Man arrested for poaching attempt at national park
Nikhil M Ghanekar , Hindustan Times  Mumbai, June 07, 2013

Central green mission wilts
A.S.R.P. MUKESH

Forest department orders study to thwart MP bid for Gir lions
Himanshu Kaushik, TNN Jun 7, 2013

'Natural cover' to cut down private forest lands?
Paul Fernandes, TNN Jun 5, 2013

Forest officials rescue a wild leopard in southern India

Highest Krishi Vigyan Kendra to be Opened at Nyoma, Leh 
Thursday, June 06, 2013

No development without environment: Jayanthi Natarajan
ET Bureau Jun 6, 2013

Green clearances not an obstacle: Jayanthi Natarajan

Debate on development vs environment unnecessary: Natarajan

Jayanthi Natarajan, Minister for Environment and Forests of India visits Norway

The Plight of Severely Polluted Ganges River
By Himanshu Thakkar | June 5, 2013

Autopsy fails to ascertain cause of tusker's death
TNN Jun 5, 2013

People flock Kovai Kutralam as it reopens
TNN Jun 6, 2013

Experts bat for better eco management
TNN Jun 6, 2013

"Think, Eat, Save- Reduce Footprint" in Nagaland

Northeast India home to legless amphibians

More officials to bite the mining dust?

Rise in forest cover by 7sq km doesn't impress Goa's greens
Jun 6, 2013

‘Vulture population on the rise in Pilibhit forest’
RAMENDRA SINGH : Lucknow, Tue Jun 04 2013

Objective of the Indian Institute of Forest Management

XIV Research Policy Committee of Indian Council of Forestry Research and
Education being convened on 30th & 31st May 2013.


Meeting the ecological test in Point Calimere

World Environment Day: 'Forests' planted in capital

Rise in forest cover by 7sq km doesn't impress Goa's greens
TNN Jun 6, 2013

‘Reducing food wastage will help save environment’

World Environment Day celebrated in India

'Natural cover' to cut down private forest lands?
Paul Fernandes, TNN Jun 5, 2013

Depleting green cover poses threat to Marathwada: Experts
Ranjana Diggikar, TNN Jun 5, 2013

Chennaiites more keen on axing than planting: Survey
TNN Jun 5, 2013

Number of events lined up for World Environment Day

Debate on development vs environment unnecessary: Natarajan

India’s green mission caught in funds’ crunch

Green Heroes: Assam's forest guardian
Rahul Karmakar, Hindustan Times   June 04, 2013

Forest lovers see red over green power
06/05/2013

RPF blames India for degrading environment
Significance Of World Environment Day Highlighted
Source: The Sangai Express

Hydro projects causing degeneration of hill ecology: CAG

Environment Day: India's green mission caught in funds' crunch

Forest plans awareness trip for schoolkids
B Sridhar, TNN Jun 5, 2013

Chennai's Point Calimere wildlife sanctuary gets bigger
Julie Mariappan, TNN Jun 5, 2013

In Assam, a village makes way for elephants
Alok Pandey, Sanjay Chakraborty | Updated: June 05, 2013

Environmental rules thrown to wind while giving nod for construction projects

Forest malaria, vulnerable and dangerous found in Nagaland

Tiger or leopard: Choral big cat mystery continues
TNN Jun 4, 2013

Tiger died due to starvation
H M Aravind, TNN Jun 4, 2013

Expansion of two highways may cost 1 lakh trees

Census shows wildlife flourishing in Nashik
Sumita Sarkar, TNN Jun 4, 2013

Tripura wildlife sanctuary deemed National Breeding Centre

CII ties up with Goa government to develop model village

Call of the wild
PU Antony, June 4, 2013

No smoke alarm for wildlife
- Satellite caught 699 ‘safe’ forest fires this season
A.S.R.P. MUKESH

Scientists to retrace 100-year-old Antarctica expedition
IANS Jun 4, 2013

States Strive for Balance Between Tiger Conservation and Tourism

Corbett deaths prompt probe
TAPAS CHAKRABORTY

India tribal communities face land eviction

Wild tiger puts forest department in a fix

Relax, green hurdles for high-rises likely to go
Monday, Jun 3, 2013

Indian forest rangers find three dead tigers in a week
Sapa-AP | 03 June, 2013

Great Indian bustard poachers still at large despite being identified
Rachna Singh, TNN Jun 3, 2013

Ex-VC turns green crusader
TNN Jun 3, 2013

2 held for torturing elephant
Viju B, TNN Jun 3, 2013

3 Tigers Found Dead in a Week in India Reserve

TERI Releases National Environment Survey on World Environment Day
Monday, June 03, 2013

Mr Jairam opposed iron ore mining in Saranda – Report

Bengal Florican sighted in Arunachal Pradesh
PTI Jun 2, 2013

Wild tiger sets itself free from Nandankanan

Sunday, June 02, 2013

IN NEWS (May 27-June 1, 2013)

Himachal Pradesh: Forest Department to set up Fire Alert System with the help of NRSC Hydrabad 
Sunday, June 02, 2013

Niyamgiri row: More gram sabhas sought
TNN | Jun 2, 2013

Jairam opposed but Jindals allowed to mine in Saranda
Anubhuti Vishnoi : New Delhi, Sun Jun 02 2013

Fisherman held with Gangetic dolphin carcass
Faiz Rahman Siddiqui, TNN | Jun 1, 2013

Odisha CM urged Centre not to grant revised investment clearance for Andhra's Polavaram dam 
Saturday, June 01, 2013

War of complexities


In a first, rusty-spotted cat spotted in Jambughoda sanctuary
Express news service : Vadodara, Sun Jun 02 2013

Tiger escapes zoo in India

Welspun Energy collaborates with ICFRE for increasing India’s forest cover

India must get serious about urban planning

Posco seeks revalidation of environment clearance

Is forest authority apathy helping lead to the extinction of Rajasthan's state bird?

Mining projects against will of tribals is spawning a bigger agitation in forest areas: KC Deo
Prasad Nichenametla, Hindustan Times  New Delhi, May 31, 2013

Indian iron ore mining mess - Rural development minister asks PM for mining rethink

Whistleblower official denied annual confidential report
Sukhbir Siwach, TNN Jun 1, 2013

WHY GOOGLE LISTED THE INDIAN JIM CORBETT PARK IN THEIR SUMMER TRAVEL TRENDS
Posted by sevhoo in NatureWildlife & Flora, 1 Jun 2013

Sher Khan’s Courtiers
Gujarat won’t give lions for a relocation to MP

Book Review | Exotic Aliens
A pioneering addition to wildlife history, though somewhat mired in academic quibbling

Villagers abandon homes for Elephant highway

Great Nicobar now 9th Indian reserve in UNESCO world network
PTI

Indian conundrum over mining vs social development resurfaces

How protecting Great Indian Bustard can save other endangered species

Injured tiger found dead in Nagarahole, infighting suspected
HM Aravind, TNN May 30, 2013

UP govt hikes environment and forest department's allocation by 60% this year
May 27, 2013

Award credits for planting trees, says Welspun
PTI May 30, 2013

Power Min, Environ Min discuss hydro projects clearances issue

Forest department to plant 50,000 saplings in Belgaum
Uday Kumar R, TNN May 30, 2013

Tree census begins in Coimbatore
TNN May 30, 2013

MAY 30, 2013

Leopards to be radio collared and released in Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve
Vijay Pinjarkar, TNN May 30, 2013

Ministry of environment and forests wants states to free bamboo grown on private land
May 29, 2013

Fisher forest readies home for Asiatic lions
Faiz Rahman Siddiqui, TNN May 29, 2013

Blackbuck found dead in Aska forest
TNN May 29, 2013

The revolution never came but Maoism lives on in India’s forests
by Praveen Swami May 29, 2013

Act before it's too late for Great Indian Bustard: National Board for Wildlife member
TNN May 29, 2013

Welspun Energy Collaborates with ICFRE for Increasing India's Forest Cover

India forest officials find poached tiger skin

Elephant killed in Odisha forest
28 May 2013

Forest aborigines to meet in Chennai
May 26, 2013

Meat, market threat to Arunachal species
G. S. MUDUR

Wildlife and Human Needs Collide in Southern India
May 28, 2013

Monsoon and Wildlife in India

Achievements of Manipur Forest Department during 2012-2013
- Part 1 –

Work on Panchkula-Ambala national highway hanging fire for three years
Ishfaq Naseem : Panchkula, Mon May 27 2013

Shah Panel team visits Koida mines

Panel wants jumbo corridors in its ambit
Chetan Chauhan, Hindustan Times  New Delhi, May 26, 2013

Citizens chip in as national park conducts wildlife census
Tabassum Barnagarwala : Mon May 27 2013

Dr. Cliff Rice Researches Washington’s Wildlife

'More awareness about wildlife is needed'
Sumita Sarkar, TNN May 27, 2013

Uttar Pradesh seeks green ties with India Inc
UP govt has raised its environment and forest department's planned budget by 60% this year to Rs 259 cr during 2013-14

Into the wild: Extraordinary stories of ordinary people
Poonam Jain, May 27, 2013

Maharashtra governor to release book on state's faunal profile
Yogita Rao, TNN May 27, 2013

Sanjeeb Mukherjee  |  New Delhi  May 27, 2013 Last Updated at 19:58 IST
Mumbai may get exemption from high rise rules
The Planning Commission has asked former Isro chairman K Kasturirangan to review the city's case
http://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/mumbai-may-get-exemption-from-high-rise-rules-113052700726_1.html